German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, a leader in the Green Party, says his nation’s heavy dependence on Russia’s energy supplies will be eliminated by the end of the current year. “The country will achieve independence from Russian coal by autumn,” according to Habeck, who also serves as the country’s economy and climate minister. He added that Germany’s reliance on Russian crude is expected to be almost eradicated. “We work every day, indeed every day, and sometimes every night, to reduce dependence on Russian oil, coal and gas,” Habeck said in an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
“Every day, even every hour, we say goodbye to Russian imports.”
Russia provides 35% of Germany’s oil imports, and neARLY 50% of coal. “If we succeed, then by autumn we will be independent of Russian coal, and by the end of the year we will be almost independent of Russian oil,” madman Habeck said. He failed to mention that there would also be blackouts across Europe. “It is more difficult with gas, because we do not have our own LNG import capacities. We are doing this now under high pressure.”
Earlier this week, the minister said the Ukraine crisis would strengthen the case for customers of Russian fossil fuels to pursue energy independence by boosting renewable sources.
Meanwhile, madwoman Ursula von der Leyen complained that the EU was “too dependent on Russian fossil fuels and, in particular, gas.” She promised to present a plan by mid-May that would allow the bloc to cease using Russian fossil fuels by 2027.
Nikolay Kobrinets, who heads the Department of European Cooperation, told Interfax on Saturday that he wasn’t pleased with Ursula’s plans, calling them “not too rational” from an economic point of view. “There’s already turbulence on the world energy markets, if not panic.”
“It’s unknown how high the prices will skyrocket. But it’s already clear that the EU would have to pay triple prices for gas, oil and electricity, if not more. But it’s their choice,” he said.
